Horacio Cartes is a Paraguayan businessman and the present President of Paraguay
Horacio Cartes
@President of Paraguay, Birthday and Childhood
Jul 5, 1956
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: July 5, 1956
- Nationality: Paraguayan
- Famous: President of Paraguay, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
- Spouses: María Montaña de Cartes
- Known as: Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
- Childrens: Juan Pablo Cartes, María Sol Cartes, Sofía Cartes
- Birth Place: Asunción
Horacio Cartes born at
Asunción
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Birth Place
He is married to María Montaña de Cartes and together they have three children - Sofia Cartes, Maria Sol Cartes and Juan Pablo Cartes.
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Personal Life
He owns and controls virtually every business within one of the poorest countries in the world including the country’s largest cigarette and carbonated drink manufacturing companies.
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Personal Life
He has re-established relationships with Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina - one of the many goals of his presidency.
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Personal Life
He was born on July 5, 1956 as Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara in Asunción, Paraguay, to Ramón Telmo Cartes and Elva Jara.
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Childhood & Early Life
His father, a very successful man in the field of aeronautics, wanted him to follow in his footsteps and pursue a career in the same field.
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Childhood & Early Life
He attended the Spartan School of Aeronautics (currently known as the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology) located in the United States.
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Childhood & Early Life
With advice from his father, he began internship with Cessna in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1975, he returned to Paraguay and began his career as an entrepreneur and founded his first company.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1975, he founded a currency exchange company that would later be known as Banco Amambay.
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Career
He became the target of a currency fraud investigation for founding the currency exchange company under the dictatorial command of Alfredo Stroessner.
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Career
He spent over four years as a fugitive until his return to Asunción in 1986 where he was incarcerated for 60 days during the investigation of fraud charges.
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The alleged fraud charges stemmed from making millions on bank loans that went through the money exchange to purchase farm equipment from the United States.
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Career
He served seven months incarceration in 1989 from the charges stemming from the currency exchange company.
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Career
He took charge as Paraguay’s President on August 15, 2013.
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Major Works
He was given new presidential powers by parliament to take military action against the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) within the first week of office.
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Major Works
As president, he is concerned with addressing the needs of the people and making Paraguay a new and improved country..
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Major Works
He started an emergency program of distributing kits of food to poor citizens to make sure they are receiving quality 2,200 calorie meals that are cheap.
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He is trying to expand the emergency food program to include others but discourages any dependency on it.
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Major Works